*EXCELLENT LIFE KEYS* 🔑🗝️
Tue/10th/May/2022
*Francis Reign* (Ap & Coach)
_"Raising excellent agents of change and transformation, well equipped with Truth and Wisdom."_
*UNDERSTANDING THE ACTS AND WORDS OF JESUS CHRIST (96)*
_When He entered the house, the blind men came to Him, and Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They said to Him, "Yes, Lord." Then He touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith be it done to you." And their eyes were opened_ (Matt 9:28-30a).
While Christ is perfectly able to do certain things for us, our faith must be operative if we are to prove His ability in our own lives. He is able to do wonderful things for you, but you must trust Him to do them, and the measure of your trust will determine the measure of your experience of His ability. When the blind men began to follow Jesus and cry out to Him, they did not ask for healing directly and precisely. Their cry, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!" was broader, expressing faith in Jesus' identity as the Messiah, power, and compassion, but not drawing itself out to a single point - the request that Jesus meet a particular need. Jesus might well have answered their request for "mercy" with a monetary donation, or with some act that would dignify them in the eyes of their fellow man.
But when they entered the house where Jesus was staying, He looked into their hearts, saw their true desire, and called it out of them. He challenged their faith to rise to the level of His will. What He wanted to do - what they had not even opened their mouths to utter. _"Yes, Lord,"_ they said. And their eyes were opened. Faith is required on the part of individuals in order for Jesus to work. The question about what God can do and can't do ultimately come down to recognize that His Omnipotence is limited by His love: that He does not act in certain ways not because He is technically unable to but because His character forbids it. A God whose character is truth does not lie. A God whose character is integrity does not change. A God whose character is love does not act outside of love; He is never selfish, never manipulative, never evil. I believe in free will, and that one of the limits God works within is respect for the free will of man.
*EXCELLENCE KEY* 🗝️
_God holds your free will in high regard, but you have to use it responsibly, because you are held accountable for the consequences of your decisions._
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*Excellence is within you. Bring it out >>*
#1469 ELK.
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